Fast Fact:

The United States is the world’s third largest crude oil producer. Only Saudi Arabia and Russia produce more.

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The United States is second only to China in coal production, and the fourth largest exporter (behind Indonesia, Australia, and Russia.

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Almost 76% of France’s electricity is generated by nuclear facilities, as opposed to slightly more than 19% in the United States.

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The United States is the world’s second largest natural gas producer. Only Russia produces more. However, we are also the world’s fourth largest natural gas importer (behind Japan, Italy and Germany).

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The top sixteen oil companies in the world based on reserves are all foreign and state owned. ExxonMobil is #17, BP #19, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips are #’s 21-23.

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Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology has been successfully used since the 1940’s.

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There are more than 10 million natural gas powered vehicles in the world, but only about 1% of them are in the United States.

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Over 42% of U.S. crude and products imports are from Canada. Saudi Arabia is a distant second with less than half that much at 17%.

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In 2011 world-wide oil production was approximately 87 million barrels per day, 17 million (about 20%) of which passed through the Straits of Hormuz. Fortunately, most of this was destined for markets other than the U.S.

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In spite of the shale gas boom, in 2011 the U.S. still imported about 8% of its natural gas consumption. The vast majority of these imports were via pipeline from Canada and Mexico.